Print... LARGE

What's the deal with large print?

It seems that over the years, people have had a love/hate affair with large print book editions.  

Yes, the font size in large print books makes the item readable, but, for many, the uninspiring, (even if the are colour coded by genre) hard covers and cheap paper have not been synonymous with the delicious pleasure derived from reading.

Thankfully, publishers have seen the light (in large font too!) and our latest large print books have soft, beautifully colourful covers and better quality paper, all designed to lure you in. 

Don't think you judge a book by it's cover? We think you might...which is why you should visit. 

Come and be tempted with our latest large print books. 

They aren't just for the visually challenged amongst us.

Helen

The Wingecarribee Community

Libraries have evolved over the years. Now very much valued as community spaces, a bonus for library patrons is the exhibits and promotions we display along with our traditional collections.
Over the month of August, Bowral Library exhibited some of the Keep Hope Alive artworks painted by local Southern Highlands residents. Not every artist was professional, but every artwork was personal and emotive. The artworks were auctioned by Southern Highlands Amnesty International and this week we received the following letter of thanks for exhibiting the works.

 

So from the library staff to the artists, thank you. To our our community, thank you, and to Alan for donating the display board to us, thank you.

Helen

Shakespeare specifics

How well did you know Bill?

 If you took our Shakespeare quiz, it's time to 

see how you fared. 

We hope the quiz was not all Greek to you, that you don't feel hoodwinked, had too much of a good thing, 

or been in a pickle . 

The truth will out as the answers have not 

vanished into thin air, but rather, 

as good luck would have it, are below.

1. When was William Shakespeare born?  Stratford  How old was he when he died? 52

2. How many plays 37 or 38   and sonnets  154  did Shakespeare write? 

3. Which is the only Shakespeare play to come in three parts?  Henry V!

4. How did Juliet die?

   She stabbed herself after realizing  Romeo was dead from poison her ingested from her lips

5. What did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?

An unfinished  manuscript   The second best bed   A feathered quill   A letter from the Queen

6.What word is used to describe excessive admiration of Shakespeare?   

   Bardolatry

7. Which  Shakespearean character says “my words fly up, my thoughts remain below”?

    Claudius in Hamlet

8. Iago is the villain in which Shakespearean play?

    Othello            Hamlet            Taming of the shrew   All’s well that ends well

9. Julius Caesar  said this man had a “lean and hungry look”

     Brutus              Cassius                        Troilus

10. “Exit, pursued by a bear,” is a stage direction from which Shakespeare play?

        A winter’s tale             Cymbeline                   A comedy of  errors

11. What caused the fire that burned down Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in 1613?

      A theatrical cannon set off during  a performance of Henry VIII misfired into the

wooden beams and thatching of the building

12.Which Shakespearean comedy is set in the Forest of Arden?   

     As you like it

 

As 2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we thought a little quiz would be in order.
How will you fare?
No cheating! Pretty sure Google wasn't around in Bardtime.



Answers will be published here at the end of April.

1. When was William Shakespeare born?  ________   How old was he when he died?___

2. How many plays _________ and sonnets _____________ did Shakespeare write?  

3. Which is the only Shakespeare play to come in three parts?  ___________________

4. How did Juliet die?

  _________________________________________

5. What did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?

An unfinished  manuscript   The second best bed   A feathered quill   A letter from the Queen

6. What word is used to describe excessive admiration of Shakespeare? ______________

7. Which  Shakespearean character says “my words fly up, my thoughts remain below”?

__________________________________________ 

8. Iago is the villain in which Shakespearean play?

Othello              Hamlet           Taming of the shrew            All’s well that ends well

9. Julius Caesar  said this man had a “lean and hungry look”

Brutus Cassius Troilus

10. “Exit, pursued by a bear,” is a stage direction from which Shakespeare play?

A winter’s tale Cymbeline A comedy of  errors

11. What caused the fire that burned down Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in 1613?

______________________________________________________________

12. Which Shakespearean comedy is set in the Forest of Arden?

______________________________________________________________